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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Tending to resuscitate; reviving; revivifying.

Adj.

Reviving; revivifying; raising from apparent death; reproducing.

resuscitative ‎(comparative more resuscitative, superlative most resuscitative)

1981, Mary M. Wagner, Care of the Burned Injured Patient, page 29:
In minor burns involving less than 20% of the body surface, little resuscitative effort is required, and replacement fluids can usually be given orally.